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Dismissed13 December 20213279394

Swaynes Meare Green, Stoke St. Gregory, Taunton, TA3 6HY

Planning appeal 3279394 at Swaynes Meare Green, Stoke St. Gregory, Taunton, TA3 6HY (Somerset West and Taunton *) was dismissed on 13 December 2021 by Inspector Symons G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the mobile home has become a building over time and been occupied as a permanent dwelling for over ten years.

as a dwellinghouse within Use Class C3 without restriction

Authority
Somerset West and Taunton *
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Symons G
Postcode
TA3 6HY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the mobile home has become a building over time and been occupied as a permanent dwelling for over ten years
  • Whether a material change of use occurred when the mobile home became a building with a C3 use separate from The Cottage, over ten years ago
  • Whether the original occupancy condition has been breached for over ten years such that the use is now lawful and unencumbered by any occupancy restriction

What decided it

The mobile home remains a caravan capable of being moved and has not become a building, therefore the application for a certificate of lawful use as an unrestricted C3 dwellinghouse cannot be granted.

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